139/264 Following the establishment of the initial compensation arrangements, our CEO, board of directors, and remuneration committee have been responsible for overseeing our executive compensation program, as well as determining and approving the ongoing compensation arrangements for our CEO and other members of the executive leadership team, including the other named executive officers. Typically, in years past, our CEO reviewed the performance of the other members of the executive leadership team, including the other named executive officers, and based on this review, along with the factors described above, made recommendations to the remuneration committee with respect to the total compensation, including each individual component of compensation, of these individuals for the coming year. There was no predetermined time of year for these reviews, although they were generally performed on an annual basis coinciding with our Companywide employee compensation review in March. Further, in years past, the remuneration committee reviewed the performance of our CEO, and based on this review and the factors described above, determined his total compensation for the coming year. The current compensation levels of our executive leadership team, including the named executive officers, primarily reflect the varying roles and responsibilities of each individual. Engagement of Compensation Consultant The remuneration committee has engaged the services of Compensia to provide executive compensation advisory services. The remuneration committee directed Compensia to develop a peer group of comparable companies in our sector and prepare a competitive market analysis of our executive compensation program to assist it in determining the appropriate level of overall compensation, as well as assess each separate component of compensation, with the goal of understanding the competitiveness of the compensation we offer to our executive leadership team. The peer group (the “Peer Group”) for 2017 consisted of the following companies: Citrix Systems CoStar Group Criteo Expedia Groupon HomeAway IAC/InterActiveCorp Just Eat King Digital Entertainment Linkedin Netflix Netsuite Pandora Media Qlik Technologies Scripps Networks Interactive ServiceNow Sirius XM Holdings Tesla Motors The Ultimate Software Group TripAdvisor Twitter VeriSign Workday Zillow Group Zulily The remuneration committee bases its executive compensation decisions, at least in part, by reference to the compensation of the executives holding comparable positions at this group of comparable peer companies, as it may be adjusted from time to time. In 2017, Compensia provided the remuneration committee with total cash compensation data and total compensation data (including cash compensation and equity compensation) at various percentiles within the Peer Group. The remuneration committee considered this data in determining the compensation levels of our named executive officers, but we did not benchmark our executive compensation to any predetermined target percentile of market. The remuneration committee sought to compensate our named executive officers at a level that would allow us to successfully recruit and retain the best possible talent for our executive leadership team. Overall, Compensia’s analysis of our Peer Group indicated that the target total cash compensation for our named executive officers was approximately the 25 th percentile of our Peer Group. Our total compensation for our named executive officers other than our CEO, including cash and equity compensation, was between the 50 th and 75 th percentile of our Peer Group. As noted above, we rely heavily on our stock options to incentivize our employees, including each of our named executive officers. Compensia’s analysis of our Peer Group also indicated that our CEO’s total cash compensation for 2017 was approximately the 50 th percentile of our Peer Group and his total compensation, including cash and equity compensation, was below the 25 th percentile of our Peer Group. 132
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